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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



FOUR O'CLOCK— Gold striped 5 



Red 5 



White, red striped 5 



Yellow, red striped 5 



White 5 



Yellow 5 



nixed 5 



FOXGLOVE— (Digitalis) Plants produce dense spikes of 



flowers on stems three to five feet high. The blossoms 

 are thimble shaped. A valuable flower in every peren- 

 nial garden. Hardy biennials or perennials. 

 Ivery's spotted, an endless variety of colors; robust, 



strong and hardy 5 



Splendid mixed 5 



FRAGARIA INDICA— (Chinese Strawberry) — Hardy per- 

 ennial, herbaceous creeper, from India, with yellow 

 blossoms, and bright red fruit, like small strawberries. 



Elegant for I'ock work or hanging baskets 10 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE-(Hedysarum). — Very hand- 

 some, free flowering i^lants, producing racemes of 

 beautiful pea like flowers; particularly adapted for 

 borders or rock work. Hardy perennial; four feet high. 



Coronarium, brilliant scarlet 5 



' ' fl. alba, true; white 5 



FUCHSIA.— The varieties of Fuchsias are numbered by 

 hundreds, and some are exceedingly beautiful. They 

 are as easily grown from seed as cuttings, and from seed 

 many improved varieties are obtained. Tender per- 

 ennial. 



Double, finest mixed, from the finest specimens 25 



' ' white corollas, very beautiful 25 



GAILLARDIA.— Showy plants, flowering the first year, and 

 among the gayest ornaments of summer flowering beds. 

 Picta, one foot high; flowers crimson and yellow. Hardy 

 annual, with root protection in winter becomes a per- 

 ennial 5 



Picta Lorenziana. — For general decorative purposes, as 

 well as for bouquets, this is invaluable, its gay colored 

 flowers being abundantly produced from July until 

 frost. Hardy annual, with root protection in winter 

 becomes a perennial. One foot high; sulphur, orange, 



claret and amaranth, mixed 10 



Grandiflora, the largest flowers of the species; blossoms 

 scarlet and orange; excellent for cutting. Hardy per- 

 ennial 10 



GERANIUM— (Pelargonium).— Probably the Geranium is 

 better known and more universally admired than any 



other plant grown. The constant succession and dura- 

 bility of bloom till frost comes, the brilliancy of the 

 scarlet and other colors, and the exquisite markings of 

 the leaves of some of the varieties, render them very 

 desirable for pot culture and bedding. No garden seems 

 complete without a bed of them, and in every collection 

 of conservatory or parlor plants we are sure to find the 

 Geranium. Propagation by seed is the only way to ob- 

 tain new varieties. One-half hardy perennial. 



Geranium diadematum (Pelargonium), splendid vari- 

 ety 50 



Odier (Pelargonium) , five petals blotched 50 



Fancy, splendid mixed 25 



The three varieties quoted above are commonly known as 

 Lady Washington geraniums. 



Zonale, double, finest double varieties mixed 25 



" scarlet, mixed sorts 25 



" white leaved varieties, mixed 25 



" golden and bronze, magnificent 25 



Apple scented, very fragrant 85 



Geranium, Pelargoniu 



GiLiA, Tricolor. 



GILIA.— Hardy annual; grows in almost any situation, in 

 beds or in rockery. 

 Capitata, dense, globular heads of clustered blossoms of 



azure blue. Two feet high 5 



Tricolor, flowers blue, with yellow and purple center. 



Sow in masses. One foot high 5 



GLADIOLUS.— The varieties of this magnificent plant are 

 now numbered almost by thousands, each j^ear bring- 

 ing forth new and choice selections which have been 

 produced from seed, which is the only method of ob- 

 taining new varieties. Half hardy perennial. Finest 



mixed, from choice named varieties 25 



^^^^For Bidbs, see S}}i'ing Bulbs in this Catalogue. 



GLAUCIUn CORNlCULATUn- (Horned Poppy). -One of 



the most ornamental of silver leaved plants. The leaves 



are recurved, elegantly indented and sils'ery. Flowers 



bell shape, orange. Hardy perennial; one and one-half 



feet high 10 



GLOBE AriARANTH— (Gomphrena).— A desirable ever- 

 lasting, valued for its handsome, globular heads of 

 flowers, which, if cut, wlien well matured, will retain 

 their beauty for years : tt-ncler annual; two feet high. 



Purple 5 



White 5 



Flesh colored 5 



Orange 5 



Striped 5 



Mixed 5 



GLOXINIA HYBRIDA.— Green-house perennial plants, 

 producing rich and beautifully colored flowers. Thej" 

 deserve extensive cultivation. Mixed, all choice sorts.. 25 

 GNAPHALIUn— (Everlasting). — An interesting class of 

 immortelles, with rather homely foliage, but beautiful 

 clusters of bright golden blossoms, which, if plucked 

 when on the point of opening, and dried in the shade, 

 will retain their beauty for years. Good for forming 

 winter bouquets in conjunction with other everlastings 

 and grasses. 



